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Historical Event on 6/16/1997
K. R. Narayanan, Vice-President, is the joint candidate of Congress(I) and United Front for Presidentship in July 14 election.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/21/1971 | Gavaskar scores the first of his 34 Test tons, 116 at Georgetown. |
| 7/1/1996 | RBI reduces cash reserve ratio to 12\%. |
| 10/19/1905 | Prince and Princess of Wales leave on an official visit to India at London. |
| 12/12/1992 | Jasu Patel, cricketer, 29 wkts for India and best 9-69 vs Australia, passed away. |
| 2/13/1969 | Subroto Tara Banerjee, cricketer (Indian quickie & Dennis Lillee protegee), was born in Patna. |
| 1/14/1773 | Amstored Lord William Piet, governor, was born. |
| 10/16/1878 | Vallathol Narayana Menon, great freedom fighter, poet and writer, was born at Chennara village in Kerala. |
| 1/15/1958 | Tamil becomes the official language of Madras. |
| 11/9/2000 | The 17-day old Manohar Parrikar led BJP Government in Goa wins the trust vote. |
| 3/18/1944 | Azad Hind Fauj entered India (Japanese army) from the border of Burma and invaded north eastern India. |
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